Monday, December 14, 2009

Guitar Hero


This is a picture of the guitar hero cake that I did this weekend. I was pretty happy with it since it was a rush order.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Weekend adventures




Wow, Christmas is close!!! Time to start holiday baking now that I've finished the current cake orders. These are the two cakes I did this weekend. I loved the lab coat cake. I also loved the Tiffany style babtism cake but the ride to Markham from Hamilton did some harm to the middle tier. Lucky for me it was on the back so it wasn't visible but I was so disappointed and stressed since it was perfect when I left. Lesson learned. Warm car, cold day, then cold car, does not work well with fondant.

Friday, November 6, 2009

Web page

I should mention that I have more information and pictures at my web-site www.samsweets.ca
Hopefully everyone will have a look!

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Sugar high

Wow, last night was great! We tasted about 13 different icing flavours and had to guess what each one was. I thought I would be pretty good at that game (icing and flavours being a particular passion of mine said the overweight baker!) but I was terrible!!! So many different flavours and the electric blue colour of the icing certainly threw me. The upshot is that I think I got two out of thirteen! Some tasted great, think butterscotch and almond, and some were truly heinous! Well to me anyway! Apple? ick, Pistachio? Another big ick! But a truly interesting experience reminding us that just because something might sound tasty, until you actually eat it you have no clue!
Thanks Lynne for that informative night!

Monday, November 2, 2009

Halloween


Last weekend being Halloween, I had an order for Harry Potter's sorting hat. The little girl's class was studying Harry Potter in English class and to cap it off they had a Harry Potter themed party! School is way cooler now than when I went!

First birthdays everywhere!




My nephew Andrew turned one last weekend and my sister-in-law asked for a sheet cake with a couple of his favourite things. Sophie and the remote control! Andrew got his first taste of birthday cake and we've discovered he has a huge sweet tooth! Happy birthday Chuckie!
Last weekend I picked up a last minute order for a first birthday in Mississauga. Design credit for the number one and the stars goes to the London Cake Company in the U.K. This was recreated from a picture on their web-site. Hopefully Ethan had a great first birthday!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Credit deserved!


Here is another view of the Alice Cake. Also I must give credit where credit is due! The design for this cake came from a picture that the client printed off the internet. The original was made by "Jane the Cake Lady" from Connecticut. Sorry for any infringement!